Various and sundry...

Been too long since I posted a blog. If I go for a while without posted another, please jump my case and get me to make another. :P This blog will cover a few topics that are on my mind at the moment.

The Kevin Smith/Southwest Airlines incident

By now, most of you probably know about Kevin Smith getting kicked off of a Southwest Airlines flight for being "too fat." I've been following this story from the very beginning, and personally have to side with Smith on this. Smith says he is not giving interviews about it, because his piece is available. www.SModcast.com I do issue a language warning, because Smith does use quite a bit of language, as evidenced by the title of the SModcast, which I shall not repeat here. In case another SModcast goes up, I will tell you that it number 106, though it shouldn't be too hard to find.

Most of the news stories I've read have been biased toward the airline, possibly because of his not giving interviews. That is pure speculation, of course. A common part of their coverage includes the idea that he routinely buys two seats. He says in his SModcast that he does prefer to purchase two seat, but not because of his size, but because he is anti-social and shy in person, and prefers to have that buffer zone.

I'm sure we will all hear more about this for some time to come, but personally, I will do my best to avoid riding on a Southwest Airlines flight.

An Australian Law

A few weeks ago, I retweeted a link from my Twitter about a law that was possibly going to get passed concerning child pornography. The reason I retweeted said link was because I was interested in finding out what said law was about, since the title didn't say what kind of law it was, just that it would block anime, manga, and slash (personally, the last one I didn't care if it was blocked :P).

The author of the post was against the law because it would block certain sites that fell under those categories for containing fictional child sex, whether in images or text. I read the site and made my decision on whether I support the law or not simply based on what they said about it.

Personally, I support Australia in this case. A free speech law is not an issue, though it would likely be one in America. An example was made of someone drawing Bart and Lisa Simpson engaged in sexual activity. Personally, I have no interest in seeing that, and the thought of it disturbs me a bit.

Maturity

What is maturity? Is it seriousness? Is it something that comes from age? Is it something else altogether? Well, one form of maturity does involve age, but that's not the kind I want to talk about here.

When someone is known to act silly, they are often called immature, or told to grow up. Just because someone acts silly does not mean that they aren't mature. It is my opinion that maturity involves both a measure of silliness and seriousness. It involves being able to be serious when it is needed, and silly when serious is not needed. Of course, being able to be both at the same time is preferred.

Also, just because someone is younger does not mean that they are necessarily less mature in thought. While you can learn many things from those that are older than you, you can also learn many things from those that are younger than you. I know that I have. I'm not going to name any names here, but I have learned things from readers of this blog that are younger than me, and will probably learn more from some of them before my time here is done.

Hopkins/Killough 2036

For those who are reading this that don't already know, I am announcing my candidacy for the office of President of the United States of America in the election of 2036, with my running mate, Brandon Killough. To some, this may seem a bit early to start a campaign for the election of that year, but, as we are not rich, it would be wise to gather the support we can now, and keep building that support until that election.

In closing

That's enough for now, and if I don't make another blog later this week, yell at me until I do. Much love to all of my fine readers. :)